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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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American International Group | American International Group | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | NY-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,619,000,000 |
Mallinckrodt | Mallinckrodt | pharmaceuticals | Controlled Substances Act violation | 2020 | MULTI-AG | $1,600,000,000 |
Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
Bayer AG | Bayer | chemicals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-state | $1,600,000,000 |
Toyota Motor Corp. | Toyota | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $1,600,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | FHFA | $1,520,000,000 |
Enron | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $1,520,000,000 | ||
Syngenta AG | ChemChina | chemicals | product safety violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,510,000,000 |
Abbott Laboratories Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | FDA | $1,500,000,000 |
General Electric | General Electric | diversified | toxic securities abuses | 2019 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,500,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | MS-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000,000 |
Daimler AG | Mercedes-Benz Group | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2020 | EPA | $1,500,000,000 |
El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $1,450,000,000 |
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,450,000,000 |
UBS AG | UBS | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,435,000,000 |
Cinergy Corporation | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $1,430,000,000 |
Stryker Corp. | Stryker | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,425,000,000 |
Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2009 | FDA | $1,415,000,000 |
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. | ZTE | telecommunications | export control violation | 2018 | BIS | $1,400,000,000 |
Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | investor protection violation | 2009 | CA-AG | $1,400,000,000 |
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC | S&P Global | information technology | toxic securities abuses | 2015 | DOJ | $1,375,000,000 |
Kroger | Kroger | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2023 | MULTI-AG | $1,370,000,000 |
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | Reckitt Benckiser | household and personal care products | Controlled Substances Act violation | 2019 | USAO | $1,347,000,000 |
MF Global Holdings Ltd. | investor protection violation | 2014 | CFTC | $1,312,000,000 | ||
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | FHFA | $1,300,000,000 |
Hyundai Motor America | Hyundai Motor | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,300,000,000 |
Bank of America N.A. | Bank of America | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,266,600,000 |
HSBC Holdings plc HSBC Bank USA N.A. | HSBC | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2012 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $1,256,000,000 |
Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $1,250,000,000 |
Virginia Electric Power Co. | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $1,219,200,000 |
Toyota Motor Corporation | Toyota | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2014 | NHTSA | $1,200,000,000 |
Cephalon, Inc. | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | FTC | $1,200,000,000 |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Wells Fargo | financial services | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,200,000,000 |
Glencore International A.G. | Glencore | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | CFTC | $1,186,000,000 |
Glencore International A.G. and Glencore Ltd. | Glencore | financial services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2022 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,185,000,000 |
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $1,170,025,000 | ||
Ohio Edison Company | FirstEnergy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | EPA | $1,133,500,000 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,121,188,661 |
Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $1,100,000,000 |
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,075,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,066,000,000 |
U.S. Tobacco Co. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000,000 |
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. | Halliburton | oilfield services and supplies | environmental violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,028,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,025,000,000 |
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC | Allianz | financial services | investor protection violation | 2022 | SEC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,024,200,000 |
Wisconsin Power and Light Company | Alliant Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,010,950,000 |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2020 | SEC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,006,000,000 |
Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,005,233,716 |
Transocean | Transocean | oilfield services and supplies | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,000,000,000 |
Takata Corporation | Ningbo Joyson Electronic | automotive parts | fraud | 2017 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $1,000,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $1,000,000,000 |
Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin | Knauf | building materials | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000,000 |
Sulzer Medica | Zimmer Biomet | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000,000 |